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Recommended Procedures for "The Stack"

Detailed procedures to help pilots safely and efficiently practice instrument approaches at Stanfield and Casa Grande Municipal Airport.

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December Safety Topic: Tips for Winter Flight Operations

Clear skies and calm air can prevail in winter, but so can hazardous weather conditions.

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Luke Aux 1 ILS is currently unavailable

Unfortunately, copper thieves have rendered this valuable training aid inoperable. We’ll update this message when the Luke Aux 1 ILS is back online.

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Current ForeFlight/Garmin Pilot Practice Area Overlay Files

November 2024 is the current version.

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Avoid flying low over Rio Verde community

AFTW has released a letter addressing concerns about low-flying aircraft in the Northeast Practice Area. Please take some time to read this letter and do your part to be a good neighbor to those living around us. Thank you!

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Tucson International Airport Construction

by Jon Micetic | Oct 2, 2017 | Safety

Tucson International tower is contacting flight schools in Arizona to update them on an upcoming construction project. Here are the details from the tower (PDFs of the airport are available for download at the bottom of this post): Construction at Tucson...

Get great tips on how to pass your checkride, and more

by AFTW Website | Sep 22, 2017 | Meeting Minutes

The AFTW meeting minutes are here, from the Sept. 20 meeting.

Hot zones coming to AFTW charts, and more

by Ben Winton | Jul 30, 2017 | Meeting Minutes

Hot zones for flight-training practice areas in Prescott, Phoenix and Tucson areas are being published on bot the AFTW and APA sites, as well as AFTW’s Facebook groups page.